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An analysis of the 2016 Hitomi breakup event

Flegel, Sven; Bennett, James; Lachut, Michael +2 more

The breakup of Hitomi (ASTRO-H) on 26 March 2016 is analysed. Debris from the fragmentation is used to estimate the time of the event by propagating backwards and estimating the close approach with the parent object. Based on this method, the breakup event is predicted to have occurred at approximately 01:42 UTC on 26 March 2016. The Gaussian vari…